Lovecraft in the 21st Century

Dead, But Still Dreaming

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Edited by Antonio Alcala Gonzalez and Carl H. Sederholm

Type: Studies
Subject: Technique > Adaptation
Keywords: adaptation, H.P. Lovecraft
Publishing date: 2023
1st publishing: 2021
Publisher: Routledge
Collection: Routledge Studies in Speculative Fiction
Language: English

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Physical desc.

Paperback • 330 pages
6 x 9 ½ inches (15.5 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-0-367-71308-9

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Lovecraft in the 21st Century assembles reflections from a wide range of perspectives on the significance of Lovecraft’s influence in contemporary times. Building on a focus centered on the Anthropocene, adaptation, and visual media, the chapters in this collection focus on the following topics:

Adaptation of Lovecraft’s legacy in theater, television, film, graphic narratives, video games and game artwork

The connection between the writer’s legacy and his life

Reading Lovecraft in light of contemporary criticism about capitalism, the posthuman, and the Anthropocene

How contemporary authors have worked through the implicit racial and sexual politics in Lovecraft’s fiction

Reading Lovecraft’s fiction in light of contemporary approaches to gender and sexuality

About the authors:
Antonio Alcala Gonzalez　is founder of the　International Gothic Literature Congress　and　chair of the Humanities Department at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City.　

Carl H. Sederholm is professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities at Brigham Young University and chair of the Department of Comparative Arts and Letters.

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